Guild Wars 2

I did some searching and didn’t find any topics on this. Didn’t see it on the wiki either. Also not sure if this is the most appropriate section.

I’m not sure if “alignment” is the right word, but it’s not labeled in the game. It’s the simple system that pops up all throughout the game, like a sort of minigame. When talking to NPCs, and when you roll your character, you’re given three stats:

Charisma
Dignity
Ferocity

From what I can tell, they have no bearing on anything except a little title and icon on your hero screen. Also from playing around, there are 10 possible alignments based on how you balance out those stats:

Medium Charisma is “Charming,” picture of a rose
High Charisma is “Captivating,” picture of a padlock in the shape of a heart
Charisma/Dignity is “Diplomatic,” picture of a dove and olive branch
Charisma/Ferocity is “Scoundrel,” picture of a pirate hook

Medium Dignity is “Honorable,” picture of a badge (IE, a police badge)
High Dignity is “Noble,” picture of a crown
Dignity/Ferocity is “Militant,” picture of a shield with a sword on it

Medium Ferocity is “Brute,” picture of a punching fist
High Ferocity is “Barbaric,” picture of a skull with crossed axes

All Three is “Unpredictable,” picture of drama (or mesmer) masks

I took pictures of each icon. Is this worth putting on the wiki? Notably it’s not that hard to adjust your alignment just by repeating talking to key NPCs. I did it by standing between speed buff NPCs in Divinity’s Reach and talking to them back and forth.

Also, does this do anything at all? Or is it just for fun? And if so, what alignment are your characters and/or what alignment do you shoot for?

The only thing it does is give you different dialogue options at some NPC’s.
Like my noble character gets the choice of saying something noble, while my ferocious character to the same NPC gets the choice for a ferocious dialogue instead.

Its for fun really, and for the people who read dialogues. Its well thought out in some areas, the dialogue changes are genuinely funny.